Eastern Aristocratic Monkeys

I saw these paintings on BoingBoing & thought they were pretty cool.

They are paintings of dignified monkeys, dressed as aristocrats in oriental styles.

 I love the gallery description: "Lindsey Carr’s exquisite watercolor and gouache paintings evoke the specter of Audubon if he had spent time in a Chinese opium den."

Here is the website for the artist's show:

Lindsey Carr 

 “ La Petite Singerie”

("The Small Monkey"), at Roq La Rue Gallery

 

"Who Am I?"  

(detail)

"Foreign Medicine"